The HF roll-off thing is interesting - it seems that a flat response is "too bright" for most folks - even those (like me) who can't hear much above 15K.
Headphones are used to check for faults - not for balance mixing or mastering. Usually large "studio" monitors are supplemented by a variety of smaller (eg nearfield) monitors and various other devices to create an average balance. However, seasoned sound engineers/producers will have an instinctive knowledge of how the mix will sound based on the baseline reference of a given studio monitoring system - it's like they can mentally "imagine" what will sound good on their model of an average system. This is a great skill. Sometimes (not very often) they get it wrong. Sometimes the mastering lets them down (again - rare these days). -- Phil Leigh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22000 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
